Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes 1-5 Rakuten Eagles (25th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

The Orix Buffaloes suffered a comeback loss to the Rakuten Eagles, falling to a season-worst tie of three games under .500. Starter Kuri's performance suddenly shifted in the sixth inning while leading 1-0, and he took his ninth loss after giving up four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Manager Kishida said, "In the sixth, there were three walks and two extra-base hits after one out. If he could have somehow gotten through that inning, we could have secured the win..."

The lineup got off to a good start in the first inning, taking a one-run lead on back-to-back triples by Mune and Kita. However, they were unable to add any more runs after that and handed Tatsuki Ito of the Rakuten Eagles his first professional win. The manager expressed his frustration, saying, 'We just couldn't get that one hit when we had the chance. It was hard to narrow down our targets. We lacked connection in our hitting.'

In their 115th game, the possibility of advancing to the Climax Series on their own merit was eliminated. Manager Kishida desperately tried to look forward, saying, 'All we can do now is win. Today's loss is painful, but we can't dwell on it. In professional baseball, you can't run away from this reality. We just have to take it one game at a time. We will do our best.'